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Definition: UNBESEEMING |
UNBESEEMINGAdjective1. Unbecoming; not befitting. |
Date "UNBESEEMING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Note: Unbeseeming \Un`be*seem"ing\, adjective. [Prefix un- not beseeming.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Improbity | Undignified, indign; unbecoming, unbeseeming, unbefitting; derogatory, degrading; infra dignitatem; ungentlemanly, ungentlemanlike; unknightly, unchivalric, unmanly, unhandsome; recreant, inglorious. |
Vulgarity | Coarse, indecorous, ribald, gross; unseemly, unbeseeming, unpresentable; contra bonos mores; ungraceful; (ugly). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: UNBESEEMING |
| English words defined with "UNBESEEMING": Unseeming. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
unbeseeming | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "UNBESEEMING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i palezetshëm (ill-favored, ill-favoured, inurbane, trite, unagreeable, uncomely, unpleasant, unseemly, vapid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | непристоен (disorderly, improper, indecent, outre, unbecoming, uncomely, undignified, unseemly), неподхождащ (unbecoming, unbefitting, undue, wrong), неподходящ (ill-suited, improper, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incorrect, ineligible, inept, infelicitous, injudicious, inopportune, irrelative, irrelevant, out of place, unadapted, unapt, unbecoming, uncongenial, undignified, undue, unequal, unfit, unseemly, unsuitable, unsuited, untoward, wrong). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | illetlen (fie-fie, improper, indecent, indecorous, misbecoming, rank, unbecoming, unseemly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | meechooie (malapropos, undue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eseemingunbay que fica mal, pouco conveniente (risky, unchristian, unmeet), impróprio (Amiss, discreditable, faked, ill, ill treat, improper, inadequate, inappropriate, inapt, incapacious, incongruous, inconvenient, naughty, unapt, unbecoming, unbefitting, uncomely, undignified, unfit, unmeet, unseemly, unsuitable, unsuited, unworthy, useless), deslocado (Amiss, disjunct, ill treat, ill-placed, inappropriate, incongruous, offset, strained, timeless, uncalled for, unmeet, unsuitable). (various references) неподобающий (graceless, improper, indecent, unseemly, unsuitable). (various references) neprikladan (inappropriate, indecorous, infelicitous, suit: not suited to, unapt, unbecoming, undue, unhappy, unseemly, unsuitable), nedoličan (indecent, indecorous, unbecoming). (various references) uygunsuz (derogatory, illegitimate, impolitic, improper, inapposite, inappropriate, incongruous, inconvenient, incorrect, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, ineligible, inexpedient, infelicitous, malapropos, near the knuckle, obnoxious, unbecoming, unbefitting, uncalled for, unchristian, uncomely, unhandsome, unpropitious, unseemly, unsuitable, untoward, wrong), uygun olmayan (disagreeable, improper, inadaptable, inappropriate, inapt, unadaptable, unadapted, unapt, unbecoming, unbefitting, unfit, unsuitable, unsuited), yakışık almaz (it isn't done, unseemly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "UNBESEEMING" (pronounced 'Un`be*seem"ing'): Abearing, Aboding, Agoing, Awanting, Away-going, Awning, Aworking, Baaing, Ballooning, Birding, Birthing, Bocking, Bolling, Bridgeing, Cannonering, Carking, Colling, Crefting, Deglazing, During, firing, Fleaking, Fleming, flying, Foreholding, Gapesing, Ginging, Gloaming, grasping, grooving, interworking, Loring, Louping, Mandarining, Maying, Meaking, Miching, Misbecoming, Misfeeling, Misguiding, Mispleading, Misproceeding, Mistreading, Miting, Monking, morning, Muting, Newing, Noncomplying, Nonconcluding. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-e-e-g-i-m-n-n-s-u" | |
-2 letters: beseeming. | |
-3 letters: beguines, bemusing, ingenues, meninges, misbegun, unseeing. | |
-4 letters: beguine, bennies, besiege, bungees, bunnies, enemies, engines, ensuing, genuine, gunnies, ingenue, mensing, numbing, seeming. | |
-5 letters: begins, begums, beiges, beings, bemuse, benign, bennes, bennis, beseem, binges, bungee, busing, busmen, engine, ennuis, ensign, genies, genius, gunmen, imbues, musing, neumes, nimbus, seeing, signee, unseen. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-e-e-g-i-m-n-n-s-u" | |
+5 letters: unbecomingnesses. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 4E 42 45 53 45 45 4D 49 4E 47 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. -... . ... . . -- .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01001110 01000010 01000101 01010011 01000101 01000101 01001101 01001001 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U N B E S E E M I N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 004E 0042 0045 0053 0045 0045 004D 0049 004E 0047 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5548363953393947434841 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, albán, Albaneagh, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, Arnavut |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, bolgár, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, bulgaristan ile ilgili |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, magyar, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, macarca, macar |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, man adası, man dili |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugál, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, orosz, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, Rusça |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, турски език, турски, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, angol, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
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